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The Business Times reports that French AI startup Mistral raised €3 billion in Series D funding at a valuation above €21 billion, led by Samsung Electronics and other investors.
Ynetnews, citing Bloomberg, reports that Anthropic ended talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart after due diligence, though cooperation may still be possible.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said he believes the AGI era has begun, while Bloomberg reports that the definition of artificial general intelligence remains contested and unclear.
Firstpost reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared AGI had arrived after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, while noting that the claim is not independently confirmed and lacks a universally accepted technical definition.
KLGadgetGuy reports that viaim’s Rise AI Agent Earbuds launched on Indiegogo after receiving two IFA 2026 Innovation Awards, with features for transcribing conversations and producing notes, summaries and action items.
WAYA reports that Saudi enterprise AI startup Gaia raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding led by SEEDRA Ventures to develop a sovereign AI platform for organizational search and workflow automation.
THE ELEC, citing Reuters, reports that Anthropic could market an IPO as early as October at a valuation of up to $2 trillion, though timing and terms remain unconfirmed.
El País reports that 30% of people in Spain use generative AI for private consultations, compared with 18% at work.
Startup Fortune reports that China’s Supreme People’s Court issued nationwide judicial guidelines addressing AI deepfakes, voice cloning, chatbot hallucinations and algorithmic price discrimination. The report’s details have not been independently confirmed from the court’s published text.
About 30 humanoid and quadruped robots demonstrated in Warsaw as organizers called for rules addressing AI-driven job displacement.
NDTV Profit reported that rentosertib, an AI-designed drug tested for lung disease, was associated with lower biological-age estimates in a reanalysis of blood samples from 42 patients. The finding is preliminary and has not been independently confirmed here.
Communications Today, citing Bloomberg News, reports that Anthropic abandoned exploratory plans to acquire Decart after due diligence. No deal was finalized, and neither company confirmed the report.
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